I don't know - what would make the head-to-head game any more special than Gridiron Challenge, Pigskin Pick'm, and the NCAA games? And how can 17 games + postseason compare to almost endless months of daily picks?

I don't know about March Madness where you just set it and forget it... that belongs in the lowest tier I think. :p

No complaints from me that March Madness belongs in the lowest tier. I didn't win it.

As for the Yahoo game, just my opinion but I would place it higher than the other football games because it is considered the standard fantasy football game. It is the game played on all the sites (ESPN, Sportsline, Yahoo, etc). I agree that more effort is required in the daily games in other sports, but I think the game is just as hard to win and requires all the skill and strategy of the other games.

And no, I'm not making these arguments because I won last year. :p

I agree with DB. Football is football.

The season is long enough, and even though we don't play games every day, watching the waiver list and free agents requires daily attention.

March Madness and the NBA Playoffs Game (The one we get dizzy from) belong in Tier 3, I think.

That must explain why I was runner up in that game.

Well, I'll go with majority rule there. It doesn't really matter, and not only because I won it once. :p

I would, however, argue that 44 golf tournaments belongs in Tier 1 as well. It takes just as much skill (none that I have, apparently) to pick quality foursomes for 44 weeks vs 17 weeks of football. I'm sure Lou would agree. :p

Otherwise known as the DMC rule

:cough: bass fishing :cough:


What is the point of the tiers anyway

To assign point values to winning the various games, so we can figure out who the mother of all fantasy players here is.

Obviously, winning the one-day NBA draft game is not worth as much as winning the overall points in baseball for example.

Also, the number of players has to be considered.

Winning a season of baseball against 9 or 10 other people is harder than winning a season of 44 golf tournaments against only three other people.

Not if some wusses reading this actually played. :p

oh ok I see now.

I think you have to go more in depth than 3,2,1 points respectively because you have to take into account how many players like you said.

I won fantasy bass fishing, but it was against JG and BE, so somehow points would have to be deducted from me or somehow adjusted to say that I only beat 2 people.

Look at the horse racing, with only 3 people playing then everyone would be guaranteed a point.

(yeah I just sorta said what you said lol)

Here is my idea: what if we set a limit to the number of "payouts" say 6.

So 1st-6,2nd-5 etc.. and then multiplied that number times the number of players playing (would have to figure in tier numbers somehow as well) but so that if I win horse racing I'd get 18points and if you win Baseball you'd get 60.

Jeez. It's getting quite complicated just to see who has the biggest........fantasy history.

I think each participant should write a 500 word essay on the merits of their plan for determining the most fantastical fanatasy fanatic. Then the independent firm of Pryce Waterbed can determine the winner. :p

That wouldn't be fair. We all know who would win that contest.

The "Old Windbag"?

Damn, I'm REALLY behind in archiving this shit... still gotta do 2005!

Hey JG - I'm going to start updating the archives. For ease of update, I'm starting to place the "Fantasy" markers on those games that haven't been marked yet. I'm not done yet though. So far, I've marked fantasy threads from posts dated 1/1/06 and forward.

I opened this thread, looked at two posts up and almost had a heart attack. Whoa!!!!!!!

It's funny - to place these markers, I had to open the threads. More often than not, the first poster after the "Sign up for this game here" post was Plaw. He was always looking for ways to show off his fantasy prowess.

Uber points baby.

Whatever those are.

Good idea...but there should be a Hall of Fame and then something that has all these records.

The Hall of Fame would be more about the people and their accomplishments. Games won, placed, etc.

Elect one BBer per year to make it exclusive.

for example:

[b]Longneck[b]
112-5 cumulative record in Fantasy Football
5 Fantasy Football Championships
ESPN Eliminator Challenge Champion: 2008-2012
Yahoo Survival Football Champion: 2008-2011
Gridiron Challenge Champion 2009

and so on

That would be hard though, maybe even impossible for past stats, but future ones can be saved...

Damn I keep forgetting to do this myself... you must be really bored But it would be much easier to keep up with it once it's caught up, so thanks for the help! If you want me to do '05 or '06 or '07, let me know...

I'm actually pretty busy with work and school, but I guess I needed another project.

This thread brought back memories..did I REALLY play fantasy bass fishing and horse racing?

I must not have had anything better to do lol

Update: I've "fantasy" marked all fantasy sports threads from posts dated 1/1/05 (subject to accidental overlooking). This should enable us to update easily for 2005 games and on.

Hey JG,
Question for you... As I was setting up the list of past champions in the fantasy football thread, I was wondering how you classified winter games (e.g. football and basketball)? Would you classify a game by "Year started" or "Year completed"?

I'd say year started - I believe that's how I did the first couple years...